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SWATting: The dangerous new 'prank' craze that aims to send armed police to victim's home
Dailymail.com ^ | Last updated at 6:37 PM on 7th August 2011

Posted on 08/07/2011 1:48:47 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch

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1 posted on 08/07/2011 1:48:53 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
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Those funny little computer dorks.

Aren’t they cute? And so kewl in their ‘dorky’ way.

What a laugh they must have.

Hey kiddies, the world’s about to collapse, and you are the tenderest meat on the planet.

Payback’s a bitch.


2 posted on 08/07/2011 1:52:08 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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We are all one mistake or lie away from having our door kicked in.

Police state, nah, not here


3 posted on 08/07/2011 1:52:15 PM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: InvisibleChurch

Great! /sarcastic voice

It’s bad enough that SWAT teams are way too fired up, now the pranksters are taking advantage of that fact. How many dogs and drug dealing grandmothers will die?


4 posted on 08/07/2011 1:53:23 PM PDT by catbertz
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IEDs by the doorway.


5 posted on 08/07/2011 1:54:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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It doesn’t take a brain trust to figure out where they got the idea for this.

It’s a dangerous game though, might get someone killed.

Police need to find a way to get the job done without kicking people’s doors down.


6 posted on 08/07/2011 1:57:04 PM PDT by Venturer
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So, how many times did they shoot his dog during this “prank”?


7 posted on 08/07/2011 1:58:32 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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all terrorist conduct “dry runs.”


8 posted on 08/07/2011 1:59:37 PM PDT by _a_0_0_
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I wonder if the police paid for the guy’s door.


9 posted on 08/07/2011 2:00:50 PM PDT by no gnu taxes
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We are all one mistake or lie away from having our door kicked in.

Mistake, lie, or excuse?

10 posted on 08/07/2011 2:01:20 PM PDT by _a_0_0_
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11 posted on 08/07/2011 2:02:43 PM PDT by I see my hands (Keep your sunny side up!)
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Given the propensity for these paramilitary police units to shoot first and ask questions later, it’s not a stretch to seek attempted murder charges on someone falsifying a SWAT team call.


12 posted on 08/07/2011 2:03:39 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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What I don’t understand is, that the wife and mother are dead.

They aren’t going anywhere, in terms of being able to quickly disposing of the bodies.

The police have the time to secure the perimeter, go for a liesurely lunch.

It’s not necessary to go charging in.

They could have sent two armored up guys, knocked on the door and explained the situation, detained him peacefully and then searched his apartment.

Charging in is probably not necessary.


13 posted on 08/07/2011 2:07:47 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: InvisibleChurch

It didn’t say if anyone had been caught calling in a false crisis but one would hope that anyone caught doing this
deed would get a life sentence with no chance of parole. That would send a message to future pinheads.

As with parenting now days, the people endangering the lives of others are not getting punished enough. If you harm an
innocent on purpose it’s one strike and you are an example and out.


14 posted on 08/07/2011 2:08:20 PM PDT by soycd
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all terrorist conduct “dry runs.”

Could be. Terrorist calls in fake emergency, SWAT team dispatched to (empty)house, IED goes off taking out entire SWAT team.

15 posted on 08/07/2011 2:09:11 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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a life sentence with no chance of parole

We don't even do that to most mass murderers.

16 posted on 08/07/2011 2:10:11 PM PDT by nascarnation
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SWAT busts down wrong door
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY82seEBw5w


17 posted on 08/07/2011 2:10:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Venturer

It doesn’t take a brain trust to figure out where they got the idea for this.

It’s a dangerous game though, might get someone killed.

Police need to find a way to get the job done without kicking people’s doors down.


What ever happened to “come out with your hands up.”


18 posted on 08/07/2011 2:10:46 PM PDT by maxsand
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“phones in an emergency via a computer “

No way to trace?


19 posted on 08/07/2011 2:12:58 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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If he goes through enough relays, it may not (

If the person has made the call through Russia, China, or Iran, it wouldn’t matter if it was traceable, it’s unprosecutable.


20 posted on 08/07/2011 2:19:34 PM PDT by Jonty30
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